Formerly known as S.S. #3 North Norwich, this Baronial-styled, two-room, red brick schoolhouse was constructed in 1905. The elaborately designed structure was the fourth school built in the community and faced south to direct maximum sunlight across students’ desks.

After serving the community faithfully for decades, modernization signalled the school’s closure. One and two-room schoolhouses across rural Ontario suffered a similar fate in the 1960s, as centralized facilities, school bussing, and larger structures became the norm.

 In 1976, through the efforts of the Oxford County Elementary Principals’ Association and the former Oxford County Board of Education, a new chapter was written for S.S. #3. Created on the belief that knowledge and awareness of the past are important to understand the present and to plan for the future, the Museum School was charged to house and to display educational artifacts and to provide an authentic historical teaching centre for area students. Today, the not-for-profit Friends of the Oxford County Museum School is responsible for the operation of the Museum School. Its mission is to preserve, exhibit and interpret artifacts and archival material reflecting the educational history of Oxford County and Ontario.